Armenian Deputy Hovik Agazarian made a statement on his social media account after the incident with the Azerbaijani flag at the European Championship held in Yerevan.
“I apologize to the entire civilized international community for not doing everything possible as a citizen and parliamentarian to completely eradicate manifestations of savage and cannibalistic tribes from my people. I am ashamed,” wrote the deputy.
Yesterday, April 14, during an event in Yerevan, a spectator snatched the flag of the Azerbaijan national team, burned it, and then threw it out of the arena. The perpetrator was caught at the scene.
The European Weightlifting Championships for men and women will be held from 15 to 23 April.
Athletes from 40 countries will participate in the tournament.
Recall that at the end of March it was reported that Russian and Belarusian weightlifters were not included in the final list of participants of the European Championship. This tournament will qualify for the Olympic Games in Paris.
Russian weightlifters do not participate in international tournaments.
It was previously reported that Azerbaijan withdraws from European Weightlifting Championships in Yerevan due to flag incident.